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Hillary Clinton

WikiLeaks Claims 'State Actor' Has Cut Off Assange’s Internet
The outage has sparked rumors of Assange's imminent downfall.
Ben Sullivan
10.17.16
Sex

Screwing with Science: The Futuristic Sex Tech Aiming to Penetrate Your Bedroom
From fully customizable vibrators to bioelectronic headsets, smart sex toys are on the way up. But does personal pleasure necessarily make for better health?
Alex M.F. Quicho
10.17.16
uk

Court Finds UK Spies Unlawfully Collected Bulk Data for Over a Decade
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal highlighted the intense secrecy and lack of oversight around the UK’s use of bulk powers in a court judgement.
Joseph Cox
10.17.16
Film

Mud Creatures Invade an Estuary in a New Short Film
'Creature of the Estuary' is the second in a series of three experiments in on-the-fly improvisational filmmaking.
Catherine Chapman
10.17.16
Art

Don't Pay Artists? @ArtBabyGirl Has Your Number | Monday Insta Illustrator
Grace Miceli's sharp-witted drawings jab at the creative industry's most obnoxious practice.
Beckett Mufson
10.17.16
Art

Watch the Grass Grow—Through These Persian Rugs
Artist Martin Roth cultivates an indoor lawn on Persian textiles to reflect the West's tendency for cultural imposition.
Kevin Holmes
10.17.16
The Last Bite

The Last Bite: Steak Pie and Chips at Dalston's Only Non-Hipster Cafe
Arthur’s is a classic East End cafe, preserved, if you will, in corned beef jelly. “I do things like stewing steak with boiled peas,” says the eponymous Arthur Woodham, now in his 76th year of service at the cafe. “You don’t get many cafes doing that...
Natalie Hardwick
10.17.16
London

London Police Rolling Out Over 22,000 Body Cameras
The Metropolitan Police Service believes it is the largest deployment of body-worn cameras in the world.
Joseph Cox
10.17.16
Gaming

The Surprising Success of ‘Mystic Messenger,’ a Game About Texting Cute Boys
A small Korean “otome” game is making some big waves.
Heidi Kemps
10.17.16
Make it

This Pear and Apple Crisp Is the Answer to Your Dessert Dreams
Grab a tub of vanilla ice cream, find something to binge watch on Netflix, and start off Hot-Pie Season right.
Munchies Staff
10.17.16
emoji

Wave Emojis at Your Friends with Velcro LEDs
The latest wearable from MIT’s Fluid Interfaces group wants to write information on your body movements.
Daniel Oberhaus
10.17.16
Internet Videos Of Particular Importance

2016 is Trash But This Dude Singing Smash Mouth Over Evanescence May Save Us All
You don't deserve Jon Sudano as your hero, but he'll do it anyway.
Emma Garland
10.17.16
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